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The IAF, from a support arm to a strategic force in the skies

2 weeks ago | tribuneindia.com | Rahul Bedi

Home / Premium / The IAF, from a support arm to a strategic force in the skies PREMIUMThe performance of the Pakistan Air Force signals a potential doctrinal shift, even though the army remains Pakistan's ultimate power brokerUpdated At : 06:56 AM Jun 03, 2025 ISTNot adjunct: With Op Sindoor, the IAF has emerged as a fully integrated, offensive force.
The IAF, from a support arm to a strategic force in the skies

2 weeks ago | tribuneindia.com | Rahul Bedi

IN 2021, the late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, had dismissively dubbed the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a 'support arm' of the Indian Army's (IA) combat units, like the artillery and engineers, during wartime.
Autonomous warfare in Operation Sindoor

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Rahul Bedi

Launched in early May, in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor marks a historic milestone, in which Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) played a primary role in direct military combat between two nuclear-armed neighbours, signalling an uncharted era of drone-centric warfare in South Asia.
Crippling anxiety permeates the air as Indian schools and businesses close in anticipation of Pakistan attacks

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

Blaring air raid sirens on Friday morning, warning against a possible incoming aerial threat from Pakistan, sent a wave of apprehension and unease through the normally laid-back and bohemian city of Chandigarh, 250km north of New Delhi.
India-Pakistan conflict has potential for serious escalation

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

India’s air strikes on alleged Islamist terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday risk widening the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours over the disputed Himalayan region. The hostile relationship has its roots in independence 78 years ago, when Britain’s former colony was divided between Muslim-majority Pakistan and India, which has a Hindu majority.
India to start huge security drills amid rising fear of war with Pakistan

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

India is to begin conducting security drills, involving tens of thousands of civil defence personnel across large parts of the country, as fears grow of a military conflict with nuclear rival Pakistan following last month’s terrorist attack in the disputed Kashmir region, which killed 26 tourists.
India edges closer to military action against Pakistan following Kashmir attack

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

India has edged closer to taking military action against nuclear rival Pakistan in response to last week’s terror attack in the disputed Kashmir region, which killed 26 tourists. Fears of an outbreak of hostilities grew after India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, gave the country’s military approval to “determine the mode, targets and timing” of its response to the killings.
War fears rise between India and Pakistan

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

War clouds are looming over nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan, following last week’s terror attack in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region, in which 26 tourists were killed. The countries’ armies have continued to exchange small-arms fire along their de facto border in Kashmir, ending a ceasefire that had prevailed there since 2021.
India-Pakistan tensions rise following Kashmir attack that killed 26 tourists

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Rahul Bedi

Tensions between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have escalated following Tuesday’s terrorist attack in the northern disputed Kashmir region, in which 26 tourists were killed and 17 others injured. Both countries’ armies were on high alert along their common frontier, following the attack by six gunmen in the mountainous Pahalgam region. India said it holds the Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate responsible for the attack.
Who Was James Skinner, the Master Anglo-Indian Cavalryman Whose Delhi Haveli Will Be Restored?

1 month ago | thewire.in | Rahul Bedi

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